Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonyms: Protobibionidae Rohdendorf 1946, Tendipedidae, Tendipedinae
Parent taxon: Chironomoidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
See also Carpenter 1992, Dendy and Sublette 1959, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1986, Kieffer 1911, Pape et al. 2011, Statz 1944 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Anisinodus, Ceratopogonidae
Subtaxa: Aenneinae Aphroteniinae Buchonomyiinae Calopsectra Chironominae Chironomopsis Coelochironoma Corynocera Cricotopiella Diamesa Diamesinae Dicrotendipes Eurycnemus Huabeitendipes Jentzschiella Jurochlus Langtonius Liauningius Libanochlites Manlayamyia Mogsonomus Nomochirus Orthocladiinae Orusa Pelopia Pelopiina Podonominae Polypedilum Prodiamesinae Protobibio Sendelia Sergentia Sinoryctochlus Stictochironomus Tanypodinae Tendipopsis Tinactum Ulaiinae Ulaimailia Ulaimailonia Ulaimailoniella Viduata
Type: Chironomus
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